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Week in deals, March 16, 2009Summary of tech companies and other businesses that raised financing in North America in the past week
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Random Ramblings
- Weekly Downgrade Roundup (And One Upgrade!)
As usual, I have a week’s worth of Moody’s and S&P downgrades on PE-backed companies. Repeat offenders include Apollo Management, KKR, Carlyle Group and Bain Capital. We’ve also got one upgrade, which is Carlyle Group and Fenway Partners’ American Achievement Group. It’s basically an upgrade from the default rating after AAC’s parent company purchased some of its own senior PIK notes at a massive discount. Anyways, on to the list of 16:
- Elevation Buys Into MarketShare Partners
Elevation Partners has acquired a minority stake in MarketShare Partners, a Los Angeles-based marketing analytics firm. No financial terms were disclosed. Ted Meisel, a senior advisor to Elevation and former head of search marketing at Yahoo, will join the MarketShare board of directors.
- peHUB Wire: Thursday, February 26, 2009
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Thursday, February 26, 2009
Random Ramblings
- peHUB First Read
* Ritholtz fisks Rove http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/karl-roves-revisionism/ on the housing meltdown. * A coming Congressional report will severely fault the Treasury Department http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/business/economy/09tarp.html?_r=1&dlbk for a lack of TARP oversight. I've got no problems with where Congress is pointing its finger, so long as its got another finger pointing at itself. Given that Paulson's original plan was just a three-page blank check, didn't anyone on Capitol Hill know to attach more strings? The Barney Frank argument that Congress allocates and the executive executes is pure bunk. * Everybody down on Morning Call, in preparation of the U.S. jobs report http://www.reuters.com/article/usMktRpt/idUSL963231920090109 : U.S. futures http://www.reuters.com/article/usMktRpt/idUSL963231920090109 FTSE http://www.reuters.com/article/londonMktRpt/idUSL966937120090109 rest of Europe http://www.reuters.com/article/eurMktRpt/idUSL923703520090109 Nikkei http://www.reuters.com/article/tokyoMktRpt/idUST33657720090109 and Hong Kong http://www.reuters.com/article/hongkongMktRpt/idUSHKG6578820090109 * John Doerr tells Congress http://earth2tech.com/2009/01/08/john-doerr-mentions-kleiners-stealthy-lithium-ion-battery-startup/ about a stealth-mode battery startup that could revolutionize the auto industry. * What are the chances of a depression? It depends on who you ask http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/01/what-are-chances-of-depression.html * It looks like Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking will be bought by its own management https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/28108/lehman-private-equity-deal-close/